They're not good for long walks, but I do wear them essentially all the time. I just trim them when they look a bit scruffy, but honestly they're still in near-perfect condition after a year of heavy use.

And the kicker? WOMEN NOTICE THEM. How's that for an icebreaker? An attractive woman comes up and compliments you on your shoes. Talk about being given a hell of an opening, and yes, I have managed to parlay that into a date once.

I came in here to make some snarky remarks about Crocs, but the truth of the matter is that I have the Crocs flip-flops and I love them. Both are made in low-key colors (one is red/black and the other is light blue/dark grey) and don't stand out. The soft, pillowy rubber footbed cradles my feet quite comfortably.

I live in Hawaii, so I was teased my whole life because I preferred shoes to flip-flops. Not anymore, though. I'd never wear those goofy clogs, but I love the flip-flops.

Why? They are extremely comfortable if you have a job that requires a lot of standing. I went through two expensive sneakers before a nurse recommended crocs to me. They are $30 and so f*cking great. I don't care one bit how they look or how much of a fad they are because I haven't had foot pain for a month now.

Is there a line where people who find crocs incredibly comfortable get to blow the inventor? I would get in line twice.

Grandparents bought the kid a pair of Crocs. Those became his favorite shoes. My neighbor made fun of him, so when he outgrew them, I slipped them to her kid. Now, she's got the kid that's wearing a tacky pair of Crocs.

Miss Sutton said: 'A bright blue bolt of electricity went down his arm and shot out his side. It was awful, he was screaming in agony and shaking...they stopped the electricity going through his legs and coming out of his feet and probably saved him from serious injury.'

Thank heavens the crocs protected all those vital organs in his legs while the incidental anatomy in his torso like the heart, aorta, vena cavae, lungs, liver, pancreas, spleen, GI tract was able to absorb the majority of the shock.

Do they give reporters an IQ test and if they pass it they don't get hired?

MisterSpoot:I actually bought the canvas loafers Crocs made a year ago for $30.

They're not good for long walks, but I do wear them essentially all the time. I just trim them when they look a bit scruffy, but honestly they're still in near-perfect condition after a year of heavy use.

And the kicker? WOMEN NOTICE THEM. How's that for an icebreaker? An attractive woman comes up and compliments you on your shoes. Talk about being given a hell of an opening, and yes, I have managed to parlay that into a date once.

The Google has returned images of these shoes which are... not sexy. Unless you live in a Ft. Lauderdale retirement home.

A good pair of engineers boots will also save you from a little zippy zappy.

Or you can just be like me and build up an immunity by being electro-raped from having CRTs discharge into your body. And other high voltage shocks.

/Struck by lightning.//Had a 220v heavy duty drill break the rubber seal around the cord and had the wires in the cord touch the metal drill body.///I like to stand on the floor with bare feet while touching van der graaf machines. The tingle feels good mang.

OscarTamerz:Miss Sutton said: 'A bright blue bolt of electricity went down his arm and shot out his side. It was awful, he was screaming in agony and shaking...they stopped the electricity going through his legs and coming out of his feet and probably saved him from serious injury.'

Thank heavens the crocs protected all those vital organs in his legs while the incidental anatomy in his torso like the heart, aorta, vena cavae, lungs, liver, pancreas, spleen, GI tract was able to absorb the majority of the shock.

Do they give reporters an IQ test and if they pass it they don't get hired?

Bunnyhat:OscarTamerz: Miss Sutton said: 'A bright blue bolt of electricity went down his arm and shot out his side. It was awful, he was screaming in agony and shaking...they stopped the electricity going through his legs and coming out of his feet and probably saved him from serious injury.'

Thank heavens the crocs protected all those vital organs in his legs while the incidental anatomy in his torso like the heart, aorta, vena cavae, lungs, liver, pancreas, spleen, GI tract was able to absorb the majority of the shock.

Do they give reporters an IQ test and if they pass it they don't get hired?

Are you serious?

He's not wrong. The easiest way for electricity to kill you is to stop your heart of fry something important like your lungs.Once it makes it way all the way to your legs chances are it's already done most of the damage that could kill you.

Veteran of the Cola Wars//Had a 220v heavy duty drill break the rubber seal around the cord and had the wires in the cord touch the metal drill body.

I was using a solid metal body drill to punch a hole from the inside to the outside of my house. My house had aluminum siding, and I had cut a 18" x 24" section out of the wall (was putting a swamp cooler in). I started drilling from the inside and wrapped my hand around the cut, gripping both inside and outside. I had no idea that metal filings had built up inside the drill and that my aluminum siding wasn't grounded. As my hand clenched the wall I felt my eyeballs get warm. I was able to use my body weight to break the connection by throwing myself backwards. fark electricity.

If the electricity had to arc around the crocs, that may well have limited the current. Big sparking sorta indicates a HV event on the line, rather than failure of the device itself. There are different modalities of electrocution.

//AC goes back-and-forth, back-and-forth//so the capacitance could have limited current as well.//ZC=1/2pi*F*C//and a 90 degree phase shift

Yup, idc what they look like, if i'm just going out shopping, target, grocery, liquor, whatever, i just slip on my very low key brown knock off crocs, super comfy and less of a hassle than finding and putting on socks and having to lace up and tie my chucks... I'm just that lazy.

But for originally being boat shoes or whatever, when theyre worn theyre not that good on a wet floor. Last summer the basement flooded a bit, i was moving stuff off the floor and out of the path between where water was coming in and the drains, i put on my crocs specifically so i didnt get electrocuted by something. Then i went upstairs to grab a snack and coming back down the basement stairs i slipped. Was completely in the air for a split second like when someone slips on a banana peel in a cartoon, then came down perfectly parallel to the stairs. Had 3 long huge bruises perfectly spaced to the stairs i landed on on my lower thighs, ass and lower back. But that did get me some vicodin for a couple of days...

I deal with arthritis and other pain issues...and comfortable shoes are a MUST when one's job involves being on one's feet.

I went to buy some 'nice' sandals at my local Cabela's (neat store!) and they were having trouble moving the pink CrocsTM so they'd reduced them to $10.Now, normally I loathe the color pink and refuse to wear it, but I thought"Meh...$10. I can wear them when I'm working in the garden."

Well, I did...and they were...so...comfortable.Ended up wearing them to work one night- 10 hour shift with LOTS of walking. Came home merely 'exhausted' instead of 'exhausted and in agony'.SOLD!

Went out and bought a second pair in camo, just for the hell of it. While wearing them, for the very first time, I got complemented on my shoes.Major WTF moment for me, lemme tellya.